"Among 600 cities, 70 to 80 percent can't even meet our own air standards."
He said that the plant meets "all of the applicable air standards."
Although health considerations demand that we adopt these new air standards, economic factors are important, too.
Industry would get a break on red tape, and the state would do better meeting Federal clean air standards.
Chief among them is the failure of many cities and counties to meet existing clean air standards.
It is left to the cities and states to give mass transit more money in order to meet the new clean air standards.
Environmental concerns are increasingly influential, particularly in California, which has very tough clean air standards.
In any case, it is a small price to pay when you consider that nearly 100 metropolitan areas failed to meet clean air standards.
Even so, the review acknowledges that the project would barely meet clean air standards, the suit said.
"The people of Texas do not need federal regulators determining our air standards."